expenditure patterns of school-age children. We estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System, and find that, whilst most … commodities are normal goods, sweets and toys are luxury items for children. Children of lone parents have lower budget shares for … suggesting that children mimic their parent's expenditure patterns. …

expenditure patterns of school-age children. We estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System, and find that, whilst most … commodities are normal goods, sweets and toys are luxury items for children. Children of lone parents have lower budget shares for … suggesting that children mimic their parent's expenditure patterns. …

primarily changes income and expenditure patterns, widowhood fundamentally changes the structure of the household. Beside high … consumption are lost. This paper applies the Lewbel and Pendakur (2008) collective household model to expenditure data on elderly … households in Switzerland. The findings suggest that between 40 and 50% of household resources are assigned to wives and both …

. Sharing between parents and children is well predicted on average while the model detects key aspects like the extent of pro ….e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

.Sharing between parents and children is well predicted on average while the model detects key aspects like the extent of pro ….e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

. Sharing between parents and children is well predicted on average while the model detects key aspects like the extent of pro ….e. ignoring within-household inequality). This assessment of existing approaches to measure individual inequality and poverty is …

This paper finds declining consumption expenditure between paydays, for a typical household in the working population …

effect of children and a structural estimation strategy when households face constraints. Finally, I estimate the effect of … register data. Results suggest that children does not affect household consumption in the same magnitude previously assumed … intertemporal consumption behavior, produce inconsistent estimates of the effect of children on consumption if potentially binding …